Britain and Ireland need each other more than ever: Clegg

BRITAIN and Ireland “need each other more than ever” amid the global financial crisis, British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will say in Dublin today.

The Liberal Democrat leader will suggest both countries can work together as equal partners to “lead” a European recovery.

Mr Clegg’s arrival in Dublin comes on the heels of yesterday’s meeting between Taoiseach Enda Kenny and British prime minister David Cameron in Downing Street. Mr Kenny and Mr Cameron agreed to work together on putting a “growth test” at the heart of all future EU policy. Such a test, if agreed by other member states, would ensure that new EU directives would not harm economic growth or job creation.